The Competition Bureau announced the following day that Cinea Laboratories, Inc., Cinea's USA distributor, had agreed to
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The Competition Bureau announced the following day that Cinea Laboratories, Inc., Cinea's USA distributor, had agreed to stop making the claims about Cinea's My Figure product and to pull the product from shelves. Cinea had also agreed to pay a USD300,000 penalty and to refund the purchase price and shipping cost to any USA customer who bought the product. "Cinea misled consumers by claiming a person could slim down by simply applying a skin cream," the Commissioner of Competition, said in a statement. The company was ordered to pay USD 9,500,000 in compensation to the consumers.
One customer made a press release in this context. "Thank goodness for the Competition Bureau for working hard to guard consumers from deceptive advertising. "Cinea cream maker, Cinea Laboratories, Inc., had agreed to stop making claims that the regular use of Cinea My figure can reduce body size and agreed to pay a USD 900,000 settlement.
Many comments on this incident on the misleading advertisement have appeared on Twitter:
Comment 1: It's a shame that offer the company makes 100s of millions in profit and the consumers are cheated, the fine is only USD300,000. Does not really sound like punishment, rather it sounds like covering some agencies back so they cannot be blamed for not taking action. It is insulting really.
Comment 2: Not only should the distributor be fined for false and misleading advertising, but the consumers of this product should also be fined for being stupid.
Comment 3: Only the STUPID would believe that. Your body mass is what it is, you can't hide it with cream. If you're FAT you're just FA, if you SLIM you're just SLIM! If you want to have a toned or a muscular body then it's up to you to eat healthy and work out. YOU CAN'T ACHIEVE A TONED BODY BY APPLYING CREAM STUPID!!!
Comment 4: Why stop at Cinea? There are many products that do not do what they say they will do. It's just a scam, so people will buy their products and we the consumers are so gullible. Keep researching, there are hundreds out there.
Comment 5: I like how the government does this once in a blue moon to trick us into thinking they work for us or something. They need to do this type of thing consistently.
Q: Critically evaluate the comments which were cited on Twitter